Fowler vs Meade

A side-by-side comparison of Fowler and Meade: population, income, housing, and more.

Fowler and Meade are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Meade has the higher population (1,274 vs 507 in Fowler). Meade has the higher median household income ($73,990 vs $47,250 in Fowler). Fowler has the higher median home value ($108,800 vs $97,100 in Meade).

Population, income & housing

	Fowler	Meade
Population	507	1,274
Median age	37.8 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,250	$73,990
Median home value	$108,800	$97,100
Median gross rent	$915	$739
Housing units	254	659
Homeownership rate	58.9%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fowler	Meade
Population	509 → 507 (-0.4%)	1,466 → 1,274 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$39,313 → $47,250 (+20.2%)	$57,500 → $73,990 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$61,000 → $108,800 (+78.4%)	$82,800 → $97,100 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $915 (+48.3%)	$605 → $739 (+22.1%)

Fowler

Population

509507

Median household income

$39,313$47,250

Median home value

$61,000$108,800

Median gross rent

$617$915

Meade

Population

1,4661,274

Median household income

$57,500$73,990

Median home value

$82,800$97,100

Median gross rent

$605$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fowler	Meade
Under 5	5.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	24.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	15.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.4%
75 and over	10.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fowler	Meade
White (non-Hispanic)	63.5%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	30.6%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fowler	Meade
No high school diploma	17.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	18.3%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fowler	Meade
Drove alone	68.5%	80.9%
Carpooled	26.8%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fowler	Meade
1-unit, detached	85.4%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Fowler	Meade
Poverty rate	12.8%	3.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1954	1959